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Walter Hall Ponton |
Walter Hall Ponton
CWGC: (W. H. Ponton)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 16th Battalion
No: 15169
Date of Death: 1st July 1916
Buried: Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille
SNWM: (Walter H. Ponton)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 16th Battalion
No: 15169
Place of Birth, Jedburgh
Date of Death: 1st July 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW: (Walter H. Ponton)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow)
No: 15169
Place of Birth, Jedburgh
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 1st July 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
Walter Ponton, Private/Lance Corporal, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 15169. Killed in Action.
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Soldiers’ Effects:
Walter H. Ponton, Private, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 15169. Killed in Action 1st July 1916.
Father Archibald, Brother Archibald, Sister Elizabeth Ponton
Glasgow Herald, 8th December 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’
Ponton. Killed in action on 1st July 1916, previously reported missing. Private Walter Hall Ponton, Highland Light Infantry, dearly beloved and younger son of Mr and Mrs Archibald Ponton, 137 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun and 87 Queen Street.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Walter Hall Ponton, Private, Highland Light Infantry, 137 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun.
1891 Census, Living at 10 James Orr Street, Dennistoun
Father Archibald Ponton, age 35, Bootmaker (Foreman), born Coldingham, Berwickshire
Mother Mary A. Ponton, age 39, born Jedburgh
Children: Archibald Ponton, age 9, Scholar, born St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh
Lizzie H. Ponton, age 8, Scholar, born Jedburgh
Walter H. Ponton, age 4, born Jedburgh
1914 – 15 Electoral Roll, 137 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun:
Tenant Archibald Ponton, Bootmaker, Lodger (Son) Walter Hall Ponton, Boot Cutter